Objective:

to describe the process and results of the first stage in the project Development of a research agenda on disability for Colombia.

Methodology:

a first approach to the agenda of research on disability was developed through a participative process with six moments: 1) Identification and call for regional and national actors; 2) Preparation of an initial proposal including main areas and priority topics on the agenda; 3) Regional boards for the identification of research needs and abilities, and discussion of the initial proposal; 4) Reclassification from the contributions of the regional boards; 5) National board for the coordination of priority areas and cross-cutting research categories; 6) socialization.

Results:

the study configures and agenda proposal oriented by four cross-sectional categories and five thematic areas. There was progress approaching subtopics, which still require more development. This proposal is constituted on a base that must be complemented and validated in a later stage of the project.

Conclusions:

a research agenda on disability that collects the needs and abilities of the various actors involved in the generation and dissemination of knowledge in this field aims to an improvement in the usage and development of abilities and resources destined to research, and to transdisciplinary research that contributes to the political decision making and the transformation of the social realities of the group of persons with disabilities and their families in the country and in their territories.

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